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<P class=pList><B>Paris Preparations Underway </B><BR>The
working documents for the WSIS intersessional meeting to be held
at UNESCO in Paris, July 15 -18 are now available on the WSIS
website. These documents consist of the Draft Declaration of
Principles and Draft Action Plan with comments received from
governments. A reference document, which includes all comments
received from other stakeholders, is also available <A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory/prepcom/intersessional/index.html">here</A>
on the WSIS website.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>Engaging the Business Community in the World
Summit on the Information Society</B><BR>At a session hosted by
the Business Council for the United Nations in New York (18-19
June) entitled, <A
href="http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=394">"The Net
World Order: Bridging the Global Digital Divide"</A> the UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan encouraged business leaders to
create models and initiatives that can help to improve the lives
of under-privileged people. The session sought to create links
between the private sector and the work of the United Nations on
ICT for development, with the goal of turning the digital divide
into digital opportunities.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>Challenge Posed to Delegates at Pan-Arab
Regional Conference on WSIS</B><BR><A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/utsumi/arab.doc">The
Secretary-General of ITU Yoshio Utsumi</A> posed a challenge to
delegates at the Cairo Conference to develop new partnerships
between government, the private sector and civil society in
order to shape the future of the information society.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>Other Summit Events</B><BR>The Host Government
of Switzerland has published a list of selected events,
available <A
href="http://www.wsisgeneva2003.org/events_set_proj.html">here</A>,
which will take place at the World Summit on the Information
Society.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>CERN opens on-line forum for RSIS</B><BR>In
preparation for their conference on the Role of Science in the
Information Society (RSIS), CERN has opened an on-line forum
where people are invited to contribute to any of the five
subject areas to be covered by the conference. For more
information on this event, to be held on 8 - 9 December, <A
href="http://rsis.web.cern.ch/rsis/04Forums/OnlineForums.html">click
here</A>.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>WSIS Poster Competition</B><BR>The World
Summit on the Information Society in collaboration with the
United Nations Cyberschoolbus announces the <A
href="http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/wsis/guidelines_entryform.asp">WSIS
Poster Contest 2003</A>, which gives students from around the
world an opportunity to convey their vision on how ICTs can
create an Information Society for all. Deadline for submission:
31 October 2003.</P></LI></UL></TD></TR>
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<TD class=bbText height=20> E<SMALL>VENTS</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<P class=pList><B>07 - 08 July 2003</B><BR><A
href="http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/egovconf/index_en.htm">European
Commission/Italian Government, High-Level Conference on
e-Government</A>, Villa Erba, Como, Italy. The event is
organized by the European Commission and the Italian government
and includes an <A
href="http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/egovconf/exhibition/index_en.htm">exhibition</A>
and <A href="http://www.e-europeawards.org/">award ceremony</A>
honouring accomplishments in e-governance.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>15 - 18 July 2003</B><BR><A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory/prepcom/intersessional/index.html">WSIS,
Intersessional Meeting</A>, Paris, France. The meeting is
dedicated to refining the working documents for the Draft
Declaration and Draft Action Plan.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>20 - 21 July 2003</B><BR><A
href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/alis/index_en.htm">High-level
European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Information Society
Forum</A> - Lima (Peru), organized by the European Commission
and the Peruvian Government. This forum will discuss strategies
required for the development of the Information Society and
opportunities for partnerships between organizations from both
regions that will fulfill the Summit objectives.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>21 - 23 July 2003</B><BR><A
href="http://www.aptsec.org/aiis/AIIS-3.htm">APT, 3rd Meeting on
Asia-Pacific Initiatives for the Information Society (AIIS)</A>,
Bangalore, India.</P></LI></UL></TD></TR>
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<TD class=obText height=20> I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL>
S<SMALL>OCIETY</SMALL> I<SMALL>NITIATIVES</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<P class=pList><B>Launch of the Francophonie WSIS
website</B><BR>The Agence Intergouvernementale de la
Francophonie (intergovernmental agency for French-speaking
countries) has set up its <A
href="http://smsi.francophonie.org/">Website</A> dedicated to
the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). It provides
information on their preparation for the Summit.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>Celebrating Women's ICT
Achievements</B><BR>GKP and the Association for Progressive
Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP)
are initiating <A href="http://www.globalknowledge.org/vm/">"The
Gender and ICT Awards"</A> These awards recognize
community-based or small-scale ICT initiatives designed and
implemented by women. The winners will be celebrated at an award
ceremony held in conjunction with the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS).</P>
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<P class=pList><B>Join the Stockholm Challenge
Competition</B><BR>More than 150 ICT projects have already
entered the <A
href="http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/">2003/2004
competition</A> aimed at creating the networks of experience and
knowledge needed to diminish the digital divide. Deadline for
all submissions is 1 November 2003.</P></LI></UL></TD></TR>
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<TD class=pbText height=20>I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL>
L<SMALL>INKS</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<P class=pList>A publication <A
href="http://www.unicttaskforce.org/community/documents/764021661_ICTAfricanDev.pdf">"Information
and Communication Technologies for African Development - An
Assessment of Progress and Challenges Ahead"</A> by The UN ICT
Task Force suggests a way forward for the deployment of
information and communication technology for development in
Africa. (PDF appx. 2.5 Mb <IMG height=16
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<P class=pList><B>1 August 2003:</B><B> </B>Deadline for
requesting <A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation.html">accreditation</A>
for prepCom-3 and Geneva Phase of the Summit.</P>
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<P class=pList><B>4 August 2003:</B> Deadline for requesting ITU
<A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/pc3/fellowships/form.doc">fellowships</A>
for government and business participants from the developing
world for participation in PrepCom-3. Note that priority is
being given to participants from Least Developed Countries.
Information on the fellowships for Civil Society participation
is <A
href="http://www.geneva2003.org/wsis/index_c01_3_15.htm">available
here</A>.</P>
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<P class=pList>Other important <A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_single.asp?lang=en&id=639">deadlines,
key dates and events</A> of the Summit process.</P>
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